Safety-lock for fire-arms



(No Model.)

H; G.' WALDEOK ER. SAFETY LOOK FOR FIRE ARMS.

Patented Mar. 23, 1886 P mm W WM ATTORNEYS.

To all whom it may concern:- Be it known that'I, HENRY .G. WALDECKER, of Austin, Mowerconnty. Minnesota, have in til thegun is placed,agains tjitheshoulder for j H 'be fully. describedgand set forth hereinafter,

and then pointed, out inthe claims.

' rod Cltoliinit the movemcntsof said rod. The

against the innersurface of the heelrplatcfG i l Figural is:alongitudinal sectional elevation of a fire-arm providediwith myimprovenient.

her, and isprovided-with the notch 3A in its through Lthestocl'cE from thebutt-endlto the i 'TE TATES SAFETY-PLOQCKFORFIRE A RIVIS.

F5PECIFICA'1ION forming part oi Letters Patent No, 338.451, datedMarch 23, 1886.

Application filed September 24, 1885.

vented. anewand useful; Improvement in Fire- Arms, of which the following is; a full, clear, andexactdescription r The:objectlof-myinvention is to provide cer[-. tain "new i and: useful improvements in, firepurpose of'preventing theprematuredischarge of the guns, ,by'keepin'g the trigger locked unfiring. V 1 y j l The invention. consists ,in, the eonetruction, and combination. of partsand details, as, will Reference istovbeihad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar lettersof .referencelindicatecorresponding parts-in ,all the. figures.

Fig. 2is an inside viewbf the end plate .of the butt. 1 Fig 3 is anoutside, viewr of the same.

Theatrigger-A ispivoted in the usualv mantop edge for; receiving, ,2. lug, B, projecting downward fromthe.;.inuer.- end of a rod, 0, mounted to'-,- slide 1vin a, tube, D, extending trigger. RA pin,.E, ,isflpassed, through the tube D and througha longitudinal slot,0, in the heel or butttplatetG on the butt end of the stock E is provided with an elongated opening, H, through which acushion-plate, J, proinncrsurfaec of, the he'ehplate G, the stock being provided witiitarecesslon cavity, E',;in its butt-end',-in1which recess the plate K can swing.

ner side of the-plateK and pressessaid plate by aspiralspring, L,-,surrounding the rod 0, connected with one endof the same, the spring having its other end rested against the end of the tube .1); A tube, M, projects downward and inward fromfthe upper part of the heel, and containslasliding tube, N, provided with a check-pin, N",- projectinginto allongitudinal rod and its operating-plate, of thelocking-bolt Serial No. 178,032. (Noinodehl slotyMfl in the tube The tube Nis pressed outward bya spiral spring,0, resting against the inner end of the tube M and against a screw, P, in the outer end of thetube N. The

tnbeMhas a slot, Q, and the tube Na slot, B. On theplate'K a prong, S, is formed, which can be passed throughslots Qand R.

[l The opera "on ises-follows;.Theinn'er edge o f the trigger A rests againstthe end of the lug B, and thus the trigger 'cannotbe pulled. When the gun is placed against the shoulder,

the cushion-plate J is pushed slightly in the direetion'of the arrow a, and thereby the rod Gris pushed in the same direction, andthe h1g3 is brought overthe recessor notch A, thus perimittingof pulling thetrigger. When the plate J is pushed in thedire'ction of the arrow a, p the prong S is passed into the slots Q and R of the tubes M and N, whichslots register- When the gun is placed on the ground or floor in anupright position, the trigger is not. re: 1 leased, for the tubeN is pushed inward as soon i as the stock is placed on the floor, and this brings the slots Q and Root of register and prevents the prong S from passing through said slots,'the tubeNthusserving as a locking, device or bolt, the same preventing the plate. K from swinging in the direction of the arrow a and oving therod G sufficiently to permit the trigger to be operated.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. l The combination,with the trigger-locking adj aeent to said operating-plate and constructcrating-plate, substantially asandfor the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with a gun-stock, of a swinging plate in the butt-end of the same, a rod extending from said plate to the trigger, 9. prong on the swinging plate, a fixed tube in the stock, and a sliding tube in the fixed tube, both the trigger, of the locking-rod, its operating thebutt-plate atits heel and constructed to engage said armor projection and lock the 0p I tubes having slots into which the above-menslot Q, the sliding tube N in the tube M. and

' shpwn and described.

2 l i 33M51 the plate K, pivoted on the butt or heel plate tioned prong can pass when the slots register, of the stock andhaving a cushion-plate pro 15 substantially. as herein shown and described. jeeting through an opening in the heel-plate,

4. The eombinationmith the gun-stock E,0f a rod extending from the plate K to the trigthe plate K, pivoted at the butt-end of the grer,the tube-M inthe stock, the sliding tube stock, theprong S on the said plate 1 l,th'e'1"0d-l Nin thetube M, thesin-ilig O, for pressing the 0, extending from the plate K to the trigger, 1 tube N outward, and the prong S on the plate 20 the fixed tube M in the stock and having the K,substantially sl erejnehop'nand described.

having the slot 1%, and of aspiring for pressing the tube N outward, substantially as herein.

5. The eomhinationmith the gun-stock Ref 1 

